Allison M. Charette

Allison M. Charette translates literature from French into English, specializing in fiction from Madagascar. She translated the first novel from Madagascar ever to be published in English: Beyond the Rice Fields, by Naivo, released by Restless Books in 2017. Allison also founded the Emerging Literary Translators’ Network in America (ELTNA.org), a networking and support group for early-career translators. Find her online at charettetranslations.com.

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And We Came Outside and Saw the Stars Again: Writers from Around the World on the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Edited by Ilan Stavans

In this rich, eye-opening, and uplifting anthology, dozens of esteemed writers, poets, artists, and translators from more than thirty countries send literary dispatches from life during the pandemic. A portion of proceeds benefit booksellers in need.

World Literature Today’s 75 Notable Translation of 2020

Paperback • ISBN: 9781632063021
Publication date: Aug 25, 2020

Beyond the Rice Fields

$19.99

By Naivo

Translated from the French by Allison M. Charette

The first novel from Madagascar ever to be translated into English, Naivo’s magisterial Beyond the Rice Fields delves into the upheavals of the nation’s past as it confronted Christianity and modernity, through the twin narratives of a slave and his master’s daughter.

Paperback • ISBN: 9781632061317
Publication date: Oct 31, 2017

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